Following Jesus

A couple weeks ago when Jake and I shared about Riverwood’s renewed emphasis on spiritual growth, I opened with a story about playing a […]

I don’t know about you, but with the start of school, I am already feeling the busyness of life again. After a great summer […]

Years ago, while speaking to a group of young adults on the topic of becoming like Christ, I asked for a volunteer. When Dan, […]

Imagine walking into a grocery store, and as you walk down the chips aisle, you suddenly see a kid throw himself to the ground […]

Years ago, my wife became friends with Jenna.* While LeAnn is a bit of an extrovert, I suspect Jenna would have made my wife […]

The twelve young men Jesus chose to be his first cohort of disciples weren’t exactly the cream of the crop. They were just ordinary […]

Years ago, I had the opportunity to meet Jim. Jim was the leader of a college ministry. But Jim wasn’t an average leader. When […]

For the conclusion of our One Body series, we look at how the members of a church are not just to be united, but actually connected to one another.

Humans tend to ostracize individuals who are socially awkward or different than them. But in Christ’s Body (the Church), it should be the opposite!

If each different spiritual gift has been intentionally designed, that leads us to the logical conclusion found in this week’s post: your gift is needed!

We take a one-week break from our “One Body” blog series to pray for the United States of America on this Independence Day of 2024.

To be part of “one body,” a Christ-follower must realize that he or she and everyone in the church has been thoughtfully fashioned for a purpose.